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TIL Jupiter's outermost known moon hasn't been spotted since its discovery in 2003, and is currently considered "lost."

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wywM TIL Canada has specifically banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the country.
yZMV TIL Astronaut Michael Collin’s secret fear was that he had to return to Earth alone, leaving Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stranded on the moon. He sometimes thought it would be better to not have that option.
xBvw TIL that in 1988 Reagan prevented the Senate from putting sanctions on Iraq for its violation of the Geneva Protocol on Chemical Weapons. The US also voted against a UN Security Council statement condemning Iraq’s use of chemical weapons
6Evjl TIL that the first anti-hacking law was passed after President Reagan saw the movie War Games and asked his staff if this could happen. A week later the response was “Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.”
bbm0 TIL that the words ‘under God’ were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 in response to the Communist threat of the times.